OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiome is 74. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the positive leverage of citrus flavonoids on hindgut microbiota and host homeostasis by modulating sphingolipid metabolism in mid-lactation dairy cows consumin	323
Correction: Sodium levels and grazing pressure shape natural communities of the intracellular pathogen Legionella	248
Bacterial quorum sensing orchestrates longitudinal interactions to shape microbiota assembly	248
Correction: Gut microbiota-derived propionate mediates the neuroprotective effect of osteocalcin in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease	236
From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy	231
Microbial community regulation and performance enhancement in gas biofilters by interrupting bacterial communication	222
Blocked conversion of Lactobacillus johnsonii derived acetate to butyrate mediates copper-induced epithelial barrier damage in a pig model	218
Bifidobacterial carbohydrate/nucleoside metabolism enhances oxidative phosphorylation in white adipose tissue to protect against diet-induced obesity	207
Impacts of host genetics on gut microbiome composition in Alzheimer’s disease	195
Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition	186
Cover crop root exudates impact soil microbiome functional trajectories in agricultural soils	178
Metabolite-mediated interactions and direct contact between Fusobacterium varium and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	157
No microorganism was detected in amniotic fluid of healthy pregnancies from the second trimester to the delivery	154
A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities	146
Role of nasal microbiota in regulating host anti-influenza immunity in dogs	140
Engrafting gut bacteriophages have potential to modulate microbial metabolism in fecal microbiota transplantation	139
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data	139
β-Elemonic acid mediated enrichment of Paenibacillus to help Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge alleviate drought stress	136
Impact of diet in shaping gut virome of grain-fed and grass-fed beef cattle revealed by a comparative metagenomic study	136
Stool energy density is positively correlated to intestinal transit time and related to microbial enterotypes	135
Phylogeny-guided microbiome OTU-specific association test (POST)	133
Effects of melatonin on rumen microorganisms and methane production in dairy cow: results from in vitro and in vivo studies	131
Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota	131
Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines	129
Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population	129

Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments	129
Dissolved storage glycans shaped the community composition of abundant bacterioplankton clades during a North Sea spring phytoplankton bloom	127
Colonocyte-derived lactate promotes E. coli fitness in the context of inflammation-associated gut microbiota dysbiosis	124
LotuS2: an ultrafast and highly accurate tool for amplicon sequencing analysis	118
Microbiota-indole 3-propionic acid-brain axis mediates abnormal synaptic pruning of hippocampal microglia and susceptibility to ASD in IUGR offspring	117
Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	113
Gut dysbiosis promotes prostate cancer progression and docetaxel resistance via activating NF-κB-IL6-STAT3 axis	113
Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem	112
H2 generated by fermentation in the human gut microbiome influences metabolism and competitive fitness of gut butyrate producers	108
Gut microbiota induces dysspermatogenesis via microbial-derived phenylacetylglycine in Ggt1-deficient mice	108
Latent antibiotic resistance genes are abundant, diverse, and mobile in human, animal, and environmental microbiomes	107
A synbiotic mixture of selected oligosaccharides and bifidobacteria assists murine gut microbiota restoration following antibiotic challenge	104
Rumen microbiota-associated stress alleviation by creatine pyruvate in newly received cattle: a multi-omics study	104
Correction: Inulin diet uncovers complex diet-microbiota-immune cell interactions remodeling the gut epithelium	103
Metaproteomics reveals diet-induced changes in gut microbiome function according to Crohn’s disease location	97
VBCG: 20 validated bacterial core genes for phylogenomic analysis with high fidelity and resolution	95
Reproducible and opposing gut microbiome signatures distinguish autoimmune diseases and cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	94
Gut microbiome-derived indole-3-carboxaldehyde promotes intestinal development via AHR-NRF2 signaling in the early-life of chicks	93
Distinguishing diet- and microbe-derived metabolites in the human gut	91
Calcium-containing inorganic immunity booster drives the enrichment of specific root endophytic microbiota against Ralstonia solanacearum	90
Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts	90
Eubacterium siraeum suppresses fat deposition via decreasing the tyrosine-mediated PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in high-fat diet-induced obesity	90
Gut barrier-microbiota imbalances in early life lead to higher sensitivity to inflammation in a murine model of C-section delivery	89
Virome characterization of wild small mammals provides new insight into zoonotic pathogens in West Africa	89
The effect of 3-nitrooxypropanol, a potent methane inhibitor, on ruminal microbial gene expression profiles in dairy cows	88
Complementary insights into gut viral genomes: a comparative benchmark of short- and long-read metagenomes using diverse assemblers and binners	88
Characterizing the gut phageome and phage-borne antimicrobial resistance genes in pigs	88
Gastrointestinal jumbo phages possess independent synthesis and utilization systems of NAD+	87
Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome	87
Global analysis of the biosynthetic chemical space of marine prokaryotes	86
Gut-derived IL-13 contributes to growth via promoting hepatic IGF-1 production	85
High-resolution metagenomic reconstruction of the freshwater spring bloom	85
Water–vapor treatment of shower systems in healthcare facilities: reshaping built-environment microbiomes to improve Legionella control and protect at-risk patients	84
Milk oligosaccharide-driven persistence of Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum modulates local and systemic microbial metabolites upon synbiotic treatment in conventionally colonized mice	84
Determination of antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypes of Escherichia coli isolated from wild birds	83
An improved workflow for accurate and robust healthcare environmental surveillance using metagenomics	83
Anthropogenic activities mediate stratification and stability of microbial communities in freshwater sediments	81
Biogeographical survey of soil microbiomes across sub-Saharan Africa: structure, drivers, and predicted climate-driven changes	81
Enrichment of vitamin B12-producing Porphyrobacter in the phycosphere microbiome promotes microalgal stress adaptation to antibiotic exposure	80
Gut microbiota-derived ursodeoxycholic acid alleviates low birth weight-induced colonic inflammation by enhancing M2 macrophage polarization	80
Gut metabolites predict Clostridioides difficile recurrence	80
Regulation on microbial composition,serotonergic synapse, and apoptotic signaling pathway by extracts fromSonchus brachyotus DC. (SBE) to improve ethanol-induced acute oxidative stress in mice	79
Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals promote conjugative plasmid transfer at a community-wide level	79
Gut microbiome-metabolome interactions predict host condition	79
Fecal microbiota transplantation improves chicken growth performance by balancing jejunal Th17/Treg cells	77
Multi-omics profiles of the intestinal microbiome in irritable bowel syndrome and its bowel habit subtypes	77
Stable, fluorescent markers for tracking synthetic communities and assembly dynamics	77
Reduced legacy precipitation decreases microbial community growth efficiency and alters soil organic carbon in a California grassland	75
Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote follicular maturation via gWAT-ovary axis in mammals	75
RamEx: an R package for high-throughput microbial ramanome analyses with accurate quality assessment	74

RhoB affects colitis through modulating cell signaling and intestinal microbiome